The Valiant Trooper, Trooper Road, Aldbury, Herts, UK
Posted by: bill&ben
N 51° 48.014 W 000° 36.187
30U E 665267 N 5741537
A mounted trooper on a decidedly out of proportion horse.
Waymark Code: WMEFVR
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/24/2012
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The following history of the Valiant Trooper was extracted from Wikipedia.
The original name of the pub was The Royal Oak. The Royal Oak can be dated to at least 1752 when it was was left in the will of John Barnes. Its next owner was Isaac Dell Master, whose initials “ID” and the date “1769” can be seen carved in the brickwork alongside the main front window. In 1803 the name changed to the Trooper Alehouse. It is rumoured that the Duke of Wellington met his troops here. The name changed to The Valiant Trooper in 1878.
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